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The chess-game beneath the yew-tree
verse beg. Is cuimhin liom an imirt

  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle
Fenian poem dealing with the chess-game beneath the yew-tree.
First words (verse)
  • Is cuimhin liom an imirt
“I remember the game”
First words
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Modern Irish

  • Early Modern Irish (Murphy)

Date
15th or 16th century (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
27 or 21 » 27 qq in Duanaire Finn; 21 qq in the 23 L 27 version

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
...
Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn
id. 11031
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed. and tr.], Tóruigheacht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne: The pursuit of Diarmaid and Gráinne, Irish Texts Society, 48, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, 1967.
Appendix B
[ed.] [tr.] Murphy, Gerard [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 2: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 28, London: Irish Texts Society, 1933.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
402–409 Poem LXIX (The chess-game beneath the yew-tree). Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
Internet Archive: <link>
169–173
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2011, last updated: May 2022
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